This Festive Drink – A Recipe
We present a home-style interpretation of a beverage featured on a new cocktail list. This is a large-volume premix which is bursting with the flavours associated with holiday season, making it ideal for your celebration. Reserve the remaining syrup to use in brunch beverages, desserts, or to make more rounds of this cocktail.
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Serves 10 people
For the Clementine Syrup (makes 750ml)
300ml recently pressed clementine juice
200ml recently pressed lemon juice
500g caster sugar
To make the Premix (produces 850ml, to serve 10)
400ml decent vodka
100ml dry gin
150ml peach liqueur
200ml clementine syrup (from the recipe above)
Whole cranberries, for garnish
Mandarin essential oil, to finish
Instructions
To prepare the Citrus Syrup: Combine the listed components inside a pot, heat until it reaches a gentle boil, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Then, take off the burner allowing it to cool down completely. Decant to a clean bottle, close it and store chilled, where it will keep for about one month.
To make Premix: Combine the specified spirits and syrup in a big jug, leave to sit for an hour, then filter it , ideally through cheesecloth, making it fully clarified.
To serve: Add 85ml of the batch mix into a mixing glass packed with ice, and agitate carefully for one minute to chill. Pour to a cold coupe glass or similar, decorate with the cranberries adding the final touch with a light spray with the mandarin essence over the top.
